Episode 314: Mainstreaming resale, inside the carbon removal XPrize
GreenBiz
APRIL 29, 2022
This week's guests: Nellie Cohen, formerly of Patagonia's Worn Wear used apparel program, and Marcius Extavour, chief scientist of XPrize.
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If We Want to Thrive, We Must Dare to Hope
3BL Media
APRIL 29, 2022
Thriving Series - Part 3, by Wayne Visser. SOURCE: CSR International. DESCRIPTION: In my book, Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy , I begin with hope. I tell the story of how I nearly drowned at Sodwana Bay off the coast of South Africa. Reflecting on this near-death experience, I realised that it was not the riptide that would have killed me, but the moment that I panicked and gave up hope.
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ClearBridge Investments Releases Annual Stewardship Report
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APRIL 29, 2022
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